Smoking appliance



Aug. 29, 1944. R J NHLLER 2,357,018

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Karma/v0 J/V/L LIE km/ w Patented Aug. 29, 1944 SMOKING APPLIANCE Raymond J. Miller, Detroit, Mich. Application August 1, 1940, Serial No. 349,265

Claims.

- The present invention relates to smokers appliances and is especially useful in connection "with cigarette and cigar holders.

It has been suggested heretofore to provide "a tortuous smoke conducting passage in a smok- "ers appliance in an attempt to secure a cooling or the smoke within the appliance.

To aid in this cooling, various constructions of the smoke conducting passage have been proposed, such for example as baffles within the passage and "the provision of various air cooling means.

These suggestions, however, have not provided a suggestionshave resulted in smokers appliances which are excessively complicated in structure, which cannot be easily or conveniently assembled and disassembled, and which cannot be effectively cleaned.

- It is, therefore, a principal object of the present invention to provide effective means for cooling the smoke conducted through a cigar or cigarette holder, and to provide therein novel and improved smoke conducting passages in "which the smoke is brought into contact with increased heat radiating surfaces and is materially cooled as a result, thereby augmenting the eniioyment received by a smoker employing a cigar or cigarette holder embodying my invention as compared with former holders which have not provided eifective smoke cooling means.

It is another object of the invention to provide improved and efficient air cooling means for the-aforementioned smoke conducting passages. More expressly, I propose to provide, within a cigar or cigarette holder, a smoke conducting passage adjacent to which an air conducting passage is disposed so that air drawn through the holder by means of said air conducting passage is adapted to cool the smoke conducting passages. I also propose to provide improved, easily operable and effective means for controlling the amount of cooling air drawn into the holder to permit a smoker to control the extent to which the smoke is cooled. Another object of the invention is the provision, in a cigar or cigarette holder, of effective means for mixing air with smoke in a regulated and controlled manner thereby permitting a smoker to dilute the smoke with air to suit his taste.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a cigar or cigarette holder which may be easily and conveniently assembled and disassembled, and one in which the operation of disassembling automatically cleans the holder. More particularly, the present invention provides portions on its removable interior parts which on disassembly of the holder pass through the smoke conducting passages for removing deposits of tarry material and other foreign substances which normally collect in such passages on use of the holder, and. which render a smoke bitter and unpleasant unless they are removed effectively and often.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of improved means for trapping saliva at a point removed from the course of travel of the smoke through the cigar or cigarette holder to prevent contamination of the smoke. Also, the present invention provides a ready and convenient means for cleaning this saliva trap from time to time when necessary or desired.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of a holder for cigars, cigarettes and the like in which the cigar or cigarette is securely held to the holder by improved combined retaining and ejecting means, so that th smoker may easily and conveniently insert the cigar or cigarette in the holder and may just as easily and conveniently eject the butt or unsmoked portion thereof by operation of said means without being required to dig it out with his fingernails or by means of extraneous devices.

Other objects of this invention will appear in the following description and appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts in the several views.

Fig. l is a longitudinal sctional view of a cigar holder embodying the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a partial longitudinal section of a modification of the form of the invention shown in Fig. 1. r

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing a cigarette holder embodying the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 44 of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrows. i

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 66 of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of the cigarette holding and ejecting mechanism shown in the ejecting position.

Fig. 8 is an elevational view of the member having the helical rib to form a spiralled smoke conducting passage.

Before explaining in detail the present invention it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and arrangement of parts illus-v trated in the accompanying drawing, since the invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced or carried out in various ways.

Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive illustrate cigar and cigarette holders embodying the present invention. Referring to Fig. lv a recessed portion 40 for receiving the end of a cigar is provided with a port 4| which leads to a spiral smoke conducting passage 43 formed by .a member 43a having a helical rib 43b extending outwardly thereon to engage the inner wall of a casing 42 having axially extending heat radiating ribs 42a. The helical rib 43b carried by the member 43a cooperates with the inner surface of the casing 42 to form the spiralled smok conducting passage whereby heat from the smoke may be dissipated through the casing 42 to the heat radiating ribs 42a.

An opening 44 leads from the spiral smoke conducting passage 43 to another smoke conducting passage 9a interposed between a tubular extension 41 secured to a bit 48 by means of serrations 48a pressed into the bit 48a, or cemented thereto. The bit 48 is provided with an extension 48b to receive the end of the member 43a as illustrated.

Smoke is drawn from the cigar or cigarette through th port 4|, down the spiralled smoke conducting passage 43, through the port 44, down the smoke conducting passage 9a toward the recessed cigar or cigarette holding portion 49, through the opening 45 and into the hollow 47a. of the tubular extension 41 communicating with the hollow 50 of the bit 48 as shown in the drawing.

The extension 41 is provided with a radially extended abutment 46 in the form of an annular ring to engage the inner surface of the member 43a to clean the smoke conducting passage 90. when the bit 48 and its extension 41 are removed from the member 43a. The helical rib 43 where carried by the member 43a. engages the inner surface of the casing 42 to clean the smoke conducting passage 43 when the member 43a is removed from the casing 42. To thoroughly clean the smoke conducting passages, it is only necessary to disassemble the holder and wipe oiT the external surfaces. A saliva trap 49 communicating with the interior of the tubular extension 41 and spaced toward the recessed part 40 from the opening 45 is. provided to collect saliva and hold it in such a manner as, to prevent contamination of the smoke.

The recessed portion 40 which receives the cigar or cigarette is provided with female threads 40a formed in a shank 40b. The tubular extension 41 is provided with male threads 41b positioned beyond the radially extended abutment 46 carried by the extension 41 to engage the female threads 40a and maintain the holder in the assembled relation.

Fig. 2 illustrates a refinement of the invention for use either with a cigar or cigarette holder wherein carbureting openings leading from atmosphere communicate with the spiralled smoke conducting passage 43 for introducing air into the path of smoke travel to dilute the smoke with air. casing 42 of the holder. The annular 5| is provided with a plurality of spaced openings 52 adapted to align with correspondingly spaced passages 52a projecting through the walls of the casing 42 adjacent the port 44 interconnecting the spiralled smoke conducting passage 43 with the smoke conducting passage 9a. The annulus 5| may be rotated on the casing 42 for opening and closing the passages 52a to vary the size of the air admitting passages and therefore to control the amount of diluting or carbureting air drawn into the holder.

Fig. 3 illustrates a holder used preferably for cigarettes, but which also may be used for certain types of cigars. The structure of the bit is similar to that of the holder described and illustrated in Fig. 1. The recessed part of the holder for receiving a cigar or cigarette is provided with a collar like member or collet made up of a plurality of spaced segments 54 (Fig. 4). These segments are assembled together to form the completed collet and are disposed within the recess formed by the forward end 51 of the holder as shown in Fig. 3.

r The reference numeral 55 represents a spring positioned in a groove 550. formed in the segments 54 for maintaining them in assembled re- -lationship, and for expanding them to release the cigarette when moved axially relative to the holder.

A ring 56 positioned in the forward end of the chamber within the recess portion of the cigarette holder is provided to form a stop to limit inward movement of the segments 54 to the cigarette holding position. The ring 56 is provided with a wedge shaped axially extended portion 56a to act as a cam to guid the segments 54 to the cigarette ejecting and holding positions.

The collet formed by the segments 54 thus operates as a combined cigarette receiving and ejecting means. When the collet is in the position shown in Fig. 3 it will be noted that the segments are closed and are forced into closed position by riding over the cam-like surfaces of th axially extended portion 560. of the ring 58. When so closed the collet grips the end of the cigarette or cigar and maintains it in the holder. The collet may be slid out of the recess in the cigarette holder in which case the spring 55 will force the segments 54 apart to release the cigarette or cigar. i

It will be apparent that I have provided a cigar or cigarette holder in which there is provided a tortuous smoke conducting passage through a. preferably metallic stem. The smoke travelling through this passage is materially cooled as a. result of absorption of heat by the metallic portions of the stem. The baffled or spiralled structure within the smoke conducting passage increases the heat radiating surfaces to provide a desired degree of cooling of the smoke.

In addition I have provided for air conductin passages to cool the smok conducting passages in an especially effective manner, and have provideo, for the dilution of the smoke with airto further cool and dilute the smoke. I have also provided convenient and readily operated means for the smoker to control the amount of air drawn into the holder for achieving the right amount of dilution of the smoke to suit his. taste. The improved devic embodying these desirable An annulus 5| is rotatably mounted on the features may ,be easily and conveniently assembled and disassembled to automatically effect a cleaning action.

Features disclosed but not claimed herein are being claimed in my copending applications Serial No. 442,167, filed May'8, 1942, and Serial Number 442,168, filed May 8, 1942. I

I claim:

1. In a holder, a recessed member, a bit, connecting means between the recessed member and the bit comprising a casing having spaced longitudinally extending heat radiating flanges between the recessed member and bit, a plurality of spaced nested tubes positioned within said casing and spaced therefrom, a radially extending spiral interposed between said casing and one of said nested tubes, longitudinally spaced apertures interconnecting the spaces between said casing and tubes and between said tubes whereby smoke may be directed through a spiral passage between saidcasing and one of the tubes and be induced by said apertures to flow in opposite directions relative to the nested tubes when passing from the recessed member to the bit, and a saliva trap spaced longitudinally from the path of the smoke.

2. A holder for a cigar or cigarette comprising a cylindrical recessed member having an axially extending threaded portion, a bit having a centrally disposed bore, a shank interposed between the recessed member and the bit comprising a plurality of concentrically disposed telescoping cylinders, the bit communicating with the inner of said cylinders, radially extending flanges carried by each of the inner cylinders to engage the inner wall of its associated outer cylinder when said cylinders are telescopically moved relative to each other to disassemble them, and threadscarried by the inner cylinder to engage the threaded portion of the recessed member to maintain the holder in the assembled relation.

3. A holder comprising a cylindrical recessed member having a threaded segment, a bit, a shank interposed between the recessed member and the bit comprising a cylinder having longitudinally extending flanges, a plurality of concentrically disposed telescoping tubes interposed in the cylinder, the bit communicating with the inner of said tubes, radially extending spiralled flanges carried by the outer tube to engage the inner walls of said cylinder, a radially extending flange carried by the inner tube to engage the inner wall of its associated outer tube to clean said cylinder when said cylinders are telescopically moved relative to each other to disassemble them,

and threads carried by the inner tube to engage the threaded segment of the recessed member to maintain the holder in the assembled relation.

4. A holder for a cigar or cigarette comprising a tubular member, a bit connected to one end of the tubular member, a recessed member at the other end of the tubular member to receive a cigar or cigarette, a pair of concentrically disposed cylinders in the tubular member between the recessed member and bit, the inner cylinder being fixed to and communicating with the interior of the bit, threaded connecting means between the recessed member and the inner cylinder, the outer of said cylinders having a spiralled flange to engage the inner walls of the tubular member to direct smoke around said tubular member to cool the smoke and to engage and clean the inner surface of the tubular member when moved axially therein, and the inner cylinder having a radially extending flange on the inner cylinder adjacent said threaded connecting means to engage and clean the inner surface of the outer cylinder when moved axially therein, the tubular member communicating with the space between said pair of cylinders adjacent the bit and the space between the cylinders communicating with the space within the inner cylinder at a point adjacent said threaded connecting means.

5. A holder for a cigar or cigarette comprising a tubular member, a bit connected to one end of the tubular member, a recessed member to receive a cigaror cigarette detachably connected to'the other end of the tubular member, a pair of concentrically disposed cylinders in the tubular member between the recessed member and bit, the outer of said cylinders having a spiralled flange to engage the inner walls of the tubular member to direct smoke around said tubular member to cool the smoke and to engage and clean the inner surface of the tubular member when moved axially therein, the inner cylinder communicating with the bit and a radially extending flange on the inner cylinder to engage and clean the inner surface of the outer cylinder when moved axially therein, the tubular member communicating with the space between said pair of cylinders adjacent the bit, and the space between the cylinders communicating with the space within the inner cylinder. at a point spaced from the recessed member whereby a saliva trap is formed within the inner cylinder adjacent the recessed member and spaced from the path of travel of the smoke.

RAYMOND J. MILLER. 

